Syrian Army Discovers West-Made Weapons at Captured Terrorists' Positions Again

Rasa - The Damascus Army found a large volume of weapons and military equipment, including arms and ammunition made in the western states during cleansing operations in Dara'a province over the past 24 hours.

News ID: 442528

Date: 21 December 2018 - 17:13

RNA - The engineering units of the Syrian Army continued cleansing operation in Dara'a al-Balad district in Dara'a city and found a large volume of arms, including machineguns, RPG rockets and different munitions.

"Some of the discovered weapons were West-made," a field source said.

The source added that the army men also found several drones and satellite devices.

Meantime, the Syrian army continued its military advances in other parts of Syria over the past 24 hours.

Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured during the Syrian army's operations in provinces across Syria.

Dara'a

The Syrian army found a large volume of weapons and military equipment, including arms and ammunition made in the western states during cleansing operations in Dara'a province on Tuesday.

The army's engineering units continued cleansing operation in Dara'a al-Balad district in Dara'a city and found a large volume of arms, including machineguns, RPG rockets and different munitions.

In the meantime, a field source reported that some of the discovered weapons were West-made, adding that the army men also found several drones and satellite devices.

Hasaka

The Kurdish militia blocked the exit path of the civilian population in the town of Ra'as al-Ein in Northern Hasaka in Northern Syria as the Turkish Army readies to launch a major military operation on Kurdish regions on the Eastern bank of the Euphrates River.

A large number of civilians have been trying to leave Ra'as al-Ein near the border with Turkey in the last 2 days as concerns are growing about an imminent major operation by the Ankara military troops against the Kurds on the Eastern bank of the Euphrates River.

The Kurdish militias, deployed in Ra'as al-Ein, are preventing people from leaving the town, presenting no explanation.

Meantime, the Kurdish militias continue reinvigorating their positions in al-Hawaranah, al-Abrah neighborhoods and also in the Northern Power Plant area.

The Kurds have started to dig up more trenches and camouflage their positions in Ra'as al-Ein to escape air attacks by the Turkish air force.

Lattakia

The Syrian Army troops on Tuesday exchanged heavy fire with a group of terrorists and managed to repel their attack from the demilitarized zone in Northeastern Lattakia.

The army men engaged in fierce clashes with a group of terrorists near the strategic town of Kinsibba in Northeastern Lattakia, fending off their heavy offensive.

A number of terrorists were killed or wounded and their military equipment were destroyed in the failed attack.

The remaining pockets of the terrorists retreated from the battlefield, leaving behind their weapons, including mortar launchers.

Raqqa

The Turkish Army dispatched more military convoys to its border with Syria on Tuesday in preparation for a major offensive on Kurdish militias on the Eastern banks of the Euphrates River in Syria.

The army has forwarded a large number of forces and a large volume of military hardware along its border with Northern Syria across the Syrian town of Tal Abyadh in Northern Raqqa.

The Turkish army further sent several vehicles and more military equipment to Gaziantep and Shenli Urfa at border with Syria.

The Turkish army has also dispatched a large number of Ankara-backed Free Army militants to the small town of Aqja Qala at border with Syria amid their spy drones' flights over Tal Abyadh.

Hama

The Syrian Army troops conducted a heavy shelling attack on the movements of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) and its allies in the demilitarized zone and preempted their attacks on Tuesday, killing a key terrorist commander.

The artillery and missile units, deployed in Northern Hama, opened heavy fire at a group of terrorists that tried to prevail over the army positions in areas from the village of Khirbat al-Naqous North of al-Ghaab Plain in the demilitarized zone, killing a number of terrorists of Turkistani Islamic Party, including notorious field Commander Abdul Satar Mohammad al-Qoweisam.

Other artillery units, deployed in Mahradah region in Northern Hama, shelled a group of Kata'eb al-Izzah near the village of Ma'arkabah, inflicting major losses on them.

The army soldiers, meantime, repelled 2 attacks of the terrorists in Ferou region and in the small town of al-Jeid, arresting 8 terrorists.

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